As we are gearing up for our school year, we wanted to take this time to welcome our new families, and our former families back! Sorry for the long newsletter this week, but we have a lot to tell you! A Quick Introduction Ms. Kristy and Ms. Michelle will be the full time teachers this school year. Ms. Paulette will be helping out as a part time assistant teacher, and Ms. Bridget is back this year part time as well. You may see Miss. Rachel from time to time as a substitute, but college is keeping her pretty busy this year. All Children Will Need Please make sure your child has the following items:
Please be mindful of pick-up time. The center closes at 4:30pm. All of our employees have second jobs, classes to get to and/or children/family responsibilities directly after work. A late fee of $1.00 per minute after 4:30 is expected to paid at the time of pick-up for any late arrivals. This fee will be enforced as late pick-ups have been a problem recently. Thank you for understanding. Our staff want to get home to their families as much as you do. Tuition: Tuition is expected to be paid by the due date. It is preferred that you pay at the beginning of the month for the month. The only other option we are accepting this year is weekly payments, which are expected each Monday, or your child's FIRST day of care that week. I can no longer accept bi-weekly payments. If your payment is received after 4:30 on Friday afternoon, please add a $20.00 late fee to the tuition. Safety: Safety is our number one priority... To keep the chidlren properly supervised we ask that you please text Kristy with any questions/comments, concerns or updates on your child. This includes a change in pick up time or person, if your child will be absent/on vacation, and absolutely all tuition related questions. If Kristy is not present she will forward your messages to Michelle or Bridget so everyone is on the same page. In order to keep the chain of communication flowing properly, please do not text Michelle or Bridget directly. Blue cards will be sent home to update with any new contact information. Teacher's on staff will contact you if your child is being sent home sick or if there is an emergency. Misc.
On to the fun stuff! This year we will be getting back to basics in our lesson planning. With all of our "older" kids gone to Kindergarten, we will be working on basic concepts with our young preschoolers and toddlers. Each month we will have an umbrella theme for the entire month such as "FALL" with sub themes each week (i.e. leaves, pumpkins, apples, etc). Each month we will also concentrate on a shape and some of our art projects will incorporate this shape. A great way to reinforce these themes is to have your child point out the monthly shape in their take home projects. You can also count individual shapes they used in the project. "How many circles did you use in this cat face?" Ms. Bridget will also be bringing back Kids in the Kitchen this year. The older children will be doing some theme related healthy cooking projects. While these projects will usually be eaten for snack-time, we will be taking tons of pictures to send to you via Daily Connect, or if you signed the photo release, shared in the newsletter. To see our theme list for this school year, please check the website, they will be uploaded shortly. Again, welcome back! Thank you for your continued support of The Giving Tree. We are super excited for this upcoming school year and hope that you are too.
Kristy and the staff of The Giving Tree
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